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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
What is a Neo Futurist Dinner?
Neo Futurist Dinner is a programme line at Mediamatic where the world of food, art and science are brought together. During these gastronomical experiences, you will be engulfed in a multi-sensory...
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The Hard Surrender of The Navy Terrain
As someone who is not born or raised in the Netherlands, I thought the Navy Terrain was just a public park and historic museum at first. Considering the eventful history of the Navy Terrain and what...
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Oosterdok
Het Oosterdok is een water in Amsterdam. Het ontstond in 1832 toen door aanleg van de Oosterdoksdam dit deel van het IJ werd afgescheiden en daardoor ook geen eb en vloed meer kende in het toen nog...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Morning Lecture: Scent and Society
- A brief overview of scent through time by Saskia Wilson-Brown23Jul 2018As part of the Summer School Amsterdam Sensescapes: 1800-2018 at the University of Amsterdam, Saskia Wilson-Brown , director of the Institute for Art and Olfaction, in residency at Mediamatic in July...
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Residency: Scent and Protest
During a residency with Art Olfaction Amsterdam at Mediamatic, Cohene will explore formulas for neutralizers for scent-based crowd control methods such as 'The Skunk’.
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Scentless Apprentice Radio Show
Scentless Apprentice is the first aromatic radio show, anywhere, ever! Come to Mediamatic and listen to the live show featuring a concoction of interviews, true stories, tall tales, and cultural...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
The Essence of Dreams
- Odorama 26 - with Arnoud Sisselaar, Bernardo Fleming, and Natali Blugerman13Jun 2018The dreams that stay in our awoken mind, are often auditory and visual impressions. Dreams can feel so real, but can olfactory impressions also play a part in them, and is it possible to recollect...
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Slovak Cabbage Traditions
Cabbage in the Slovak culture and everyday life has a strong tradition, dating back centuries ago. It´s roots lay deep in the folklore, proverbs, superstitions, festive customs and of course...
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Marieke Hendriksen
Marieke Hendriksen is wetenschapshistoricus en gespecialiseerd in de materiële cultuur van de geneeskunde in de achttiende eeuw.
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
The Good Taste
- Odorama 21 - with Garmt Dijksterhuis, Mariëlla Beukers, Marieke Hendriksen, Sanne Groeneveld and RUIK21Dec 2017Food and drinks are not consumed for their taste alone. Did you know wine was not always meant for enjoyment but was also believed to cure mental and physical illnesses like headaches and melancholia?
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A must-smell exhibition at VU
Aromatic Art (Re-)constructed: In Search of Lost Scents
Co-curated by the mind behind our Odorama series, Caro Verbeek, the exhibition entitled Aromatic Art (Re-)constructed: In Search of Lost Scents on view in the main building of VU is an extensive...
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(ir)Relevant Matter
Thursday, 15 December 20:00
What can artists, designers and scientists do to cope with issues of extreme drought, rising water levels, pollution, and waste? An evening with swarming robots by Ivan Henriques , plant-root...
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Irene de Gelder
Programme & events
Working on the programme of Secretopia and the Futurist Dinners.
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Let's Eat & Meet
Festive Dinners at X-mass and NYE
In the last two weeks of 2016 we invite you to join us for a festive (almost) vegan dinner special. Come and eat and drink amidst the beautiful artworks of Zeger Reyers and Ernst Haeckel , warm...
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Tonight: Regeneration-Biotalk
Thursday, 15 December 20:00
What can artists, designers and scientists do to cope with issues of extreme drought, rising water levels, pollution, and waste? An evening with swarming robots by Ivan Henriques , plant-root...
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Regeneration - Biotalk
Thursday, December 15th. 20:00
With the Co2 particles in the air reaching the magical 400 ppm , and the fact that we have only 60 years of crop harvesting left, it is time for another way of dealing with our polluted environment.
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Take care of your Waste
Zuursalon: Friday 9 December 20:00 - 22:30
The estimated global food wastage is at 1.6 billion tonnes per year. 1.3 billion tonnes of that wastage was still edible when thrown away.... Let's change this discours, reduce our footprint and...
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Zuursalon: Koji Edition
Friday 11 november, 20:00 - 22:30
In Mediamatic’s Bio Clean Lab we use fungus to grow new bio-materials, but in many food production systems molds are used to re-design ingredients and alter flavours. The Koji, or Aspergillus oryzae
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Alice de Jong
Sinologist and Asian cuisine chef
Alice is a researcher and a professional in China studies. She teaches at the Humanities faculty at the Leiden University.
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Manon Portos Minetti
Intern, (art-) historian and making things happen
Intern concering exhibitions, outward and internal communication and concept development.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Mediamatic Garage Sale
- Shop till you drop26Aug 2016Everything we acquired over the years, but will never be using again, is for sale! Instead of selling everything online, we'd rather have a little fun: hence the garage sale. We're keeping prices low
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Hans Schnitzler
Hans Schnitzler is filosoof, publicist, spreker en voormalig columnist voor de Volkskrant.